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Di Sheyne Milnerin: Schubert’s cycle of love forlorn retold in Yiddish song

Posted on January 12, 2013 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

“As heart-rending as the Schubert cycle … this is a fascinating issue …” – Musicweb-International.com Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin receives a brilliant homage and reinvention with Di Sheyne Milnerin, an originally-devised cycle of twenty songs from the Yiddish repertoire forged into a narrative cycle. Bass-baritone Mark Glanville and pianist Alexander Knapp (also arranger and composer) perform a wonderful variety of…

Virginia Arts Festival 2012 ~ a spectacular array of performances from April 16 through June 28

Posted on April 17, 2012 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

The Virginia Arts Festival opened its 16th season last night at the Harrison Opera House in Norfolk with the glorious Renée Fleming, in her only US recital this season. The Festival, which runs through June 28, presents a spectacular array of events, presenting more than 58 performances in venues throughout southeastern Virginia. Offering an unparalleled breadth of performances, from a…

Mercury Living Presence: 50 Classic Albums from the Ground-Breaking America Classical Label

Posted on March 12, 2012 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Sixty years after the landmark label’s first recording, Decca presents Mercury Living Presence: The Collector’s Edition, a gold mine of treasured performances at a remarkable budget price. Long hailed as an audiophile’s label of choice, Mercury Living Presence represents an important milestone in the history of classical recordings: an American company that reproduced some of the most sonically realistic recordings…

Debut Recording From “Astonishing” 21 Year-Old Exclusive Decca Artist Behzod Abduraimov

Posted on February 24, 2012 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

“Electrifying, ” “astonishing” and “magnificent” are just a few of the superlatives that have greeted performances by pianist and exclusive Decca artist Behzod Abduraimov, whose debut recital recording will be released in the U.S. on April 24th, 2012. The extraordinary 21-year-old pianist from Tashkent, Uzbekistan possesses a combination of youthful passion and astounding technique that gives his performances an irresistible,…

A Weekend of Music in Honour of the Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. – January 15 & 16

Posted on December 23, 2011 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents two sublime concerts of choral music on Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend, inspired by Dr. King and peacemakers the world over. The concert on Sunday, January 15 at 2pm at Avery Fisher Hall welcomes 2012 with Psalms & Songs for the New Year, featuring John Rutter’s magnificent and emotionally-charged Mass of the Children,…

Evan Shinners’ @bach LA release party + exclusive video

Posted on December 14, 2011 by shiragilbert | 1 Comments

Pianist Evan Shinners is confouding critics with his debut release @bach, a compilation of two live, unedited, all-Bach concerts. “This is one hell of a debut,” raves critic George Grella, in his blog The Big City, “not only for the quality, but the ambition and attitude.” And, Laurence Vittes in The Huffington Post calls @bach “essential” as well as “one of the brattiest…

Evan Shinners debuts @bach in New York and LA

Posted on October 28, 2011 by shiragilbert | 6 Comments

Preconceptions of how Bach should be played fly out the window with @bach, the debut release from the wildly talented pianist and 2010 Juilliard graduate Evan Shinners. The compilation of two live, unedited performances recorded at Juilliard and Rockefeller University last spring bursts with raw musicality, spontaneous and calculated virtuosity, and an ebullient energy. Shinners, who connects with today’s audiences in a…

Messiah … Refreshed! at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center

Posted on October 26, 2011 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Distinguished Concerts International New York ushers in the holiday season with Handel’s Messiah – with a twist! This Thanksgiving weekend, on Sunday, November 27 at 2pm, Lincoln Center will feature, for the first time, the rich sounds of the Thomas Beecham/Eugene Goossens’ 1959 re-orchestration of Messiah for full symphony orchestra. The re-orchestration, which reappeared in 1999 after a 40-year absence, fills…

Louise Bessette at Mont Tremblant’s Fête de la Musique, September 5 at 12pm

Posted on August 29, 2011 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Pianist Louise Bessette offers “Danse et folklore”, a bewitching solo recital program to passionately embrace the passing summer, on Monday September 5th (Labour Day) at 12pm, on stage Quebecor, place Saint-Bernard, Tremblant. The outdoor recital will encompass tangos by Albeniz and Piazzolla, extracts from Danzas Gitanas op. 55 by Turina, plus the famous Suite Andalouse by cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona….

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